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Re: MB updated their website (Destroyer?)
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lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands
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Wed, 31 Jul 2002 14:12:09 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, Dave Schuler writes:
> In lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, Richard Parsons writes:
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> > Can anyone fill me in as to what the Destroyer is about (beyond the text on
> > the MB site)?
> >
> > "This high definition model is recomended for the
> > experienced builder. This authentic replica
> > features lots of details including deck
> > artillery, heli-pad with helicopter,
> > communications/radar array, and deck boats.
> > Finished model is over 25" long."
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> http://members.bellatlantic.net/~drteeth1/clones/9762.jpg
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> Items of note:
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> 32 of the 1x4 railing pieces
> 2 one-piece 4x missle racks (not articulated, but nice in small scale)
> 2 missile launchers (non-firing) with side pegs
> 4 small-scale missles for above
> 3 two-piece radar dishes. Not yet sure if I like them or not
> 2 tiny turrets (like a round-topped 3062b)
> 1 small-scale crane/gantry/waldo or what-not
> 2 small-scale landing craft
> 1 helicopter with spinning rotor
> 1 mast tower. Rather disappointing; it's triangular with an open back,
> and it's designed to clip onto an 8LDU bar rather than attaching to
> the top of a brick. I don't think I like it.
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> The instructions give an itemized piece count, but I didn't have time to
> scan it. Somewhere around 120 grey 2x4 bricks, a few 1x2 trans-smoke
> bricks, and 6 2/3-height 4x16 bricks in grey and black. These first
> appeared, I believe, in the Sea Wolf sub but are also in the new Jet Fighter.
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> Another cool offering, on the whole. I long ago dismantled my battleship
> and carrier, so I can't check the scale. Looks neat in any case.
Thanks Dave, you're a genius.
Nice ship. Fabulous pieces. Minifig scale, the railing pieces will make
terrific handrails on the outer hull of a space ship.
I'll give it another few weeks. Don't be too surprised of I start sniffing
around for a US shop that will ship some of these beauties (and a sub or
two) to Australia :-)
Richard
Still baldly going...
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